Europe's dilemma with biotech

Europe's policy on biotechnology is fast putting their livestock producers at a serious competitive disadvantage. This link from the USDA FAS reveals that the EU policy on biotech crop varieties will soon preclude the ability of livestock producers to import soybeans. From the report:


A group of German food and feed industry associations released a discussion paperex pressing the industries' concerns about the negative implications of the EU biotech policy. The industry is highly concerned that the EU policy on biotechnology will cause significant supply problems for Germany. The concern is heightened by the prospect of new biotech events, such as the second generation RR soybeans, being introduced in the U.S. and other major soybean producing countries. The EU biotech policy prohibits the importation of food/feed products containing traces of not yet EU-approved biotech events.